Juror8 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) Your moaning about not not having a goal threat from midfield then moan we havent gone after Buzsaky who as only scored 30 odd goals in his career. Unless youve been asleep for 3 months youd know we are trying to sign a certain Reading player who fits your bill. Why have a hoot when you have never seen this guy play.He may not get 20 goals a season but if he improves our side then he will do for me. Lets wait till aug18th and see what side our upto now faultless manager puts on to face Derby before we get all negative.. Neither moaning nor, surprisingly, been asleep for the last 3 months. Yep, sign Antonio and that's enough of a goal threat for me. We only need one real goal outlet from midfield. Got one and no more required. Merely expressing my surprise that after pursuing Norris, a box-to-box midfielder, we now could be after a player whose record suggests he doesn't fit into that category. Yep, fully support DJ and MM, but my worship doesn't extend to the extent that I won't express an opinion about the type of player that we should be pursuing. Edited July 31, 2012 by Juror8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curren Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 The point is that none of these players have championship where as Harewood does. This is a tough league and experience is needed I have only played at North East counties level but i would of buried at least one of the chances the expereinced(well past his best)Harewood missed against Donny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juror8 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Your moaning about not not having a goal threat from midfield then moan we havent gone after Buzsaky who as only scored 30 odd goals in his career. Unless youve been asleep for 3 months youd know we are trying to sign a certain Reading player who fits your bill. Why have a hoot when you have never seen this guy play.He may not get 20 goals a season but if he improves our side then he will do for me. Lets wait till aug18th and see what side our upto now faultless manager puts on to face Derby before we get all negative.. Also, 30 goals in around 200 games in England is an average of better than 1 in 7. For a midfielder, that constitutes a goal threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curren Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Neither moaning nor, surprisingly, been asleep for the last 3 months. Yep, sign Antonio and that's enough of a goal threat from me. We only need one real goal outlet from midfield. Got one and no more required. Merely expressing my surprise that after pursuing Norris, a box-tobox midfielder, we now could be after a player whose record suggests he doesn't fit into that category. Yep, fully support DJ and MM, but my worship doesn't extend to the extent that I won't express an opinion about the type of player that we should be pursuing. we miss out on a past his best Norris and sign a up and cumming much sort after 20 yearold attacking midfielder from Rangers i know which player id rather have thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curren Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thats a good point about swansea they had only spent two or three years in the division before promotion FFS How did the unproven Swansea players do in the hardest league in the world last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curren Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Also, 30 goals in around 200 games in England is an average of better than 1 in 7. For a midfielder, that constitutes a goal threat. Yet you leave out JJ when talking about goal threats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juror8 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 we miss out on a past his best Norris and sign a up and cumming much sort after 20 yearold attacking midfielder from Rangers i know which player id rather have thanks Not really an either or situation is it. Norris was one of the highest scoring midfielders in the division last season, and for a team that was struggling. But, yes, it's right to assume anyone over 30 is past the best. The Premiership has no examples of midfielders going into their thirties and actually doing better than their early twenties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Not really an either or situation is it. Norris was one of the highest scoring midfielders in the division last season, and for a team that was struggling. But, yes, it's right to assume anyone over 30 is past the best. The Premiership has no examples of midfielders going into their thirties and actually doing better than their early twenties. i would argue that Scott Parker is a better player now than he was; he is peaking quite late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It seems ppl are never happy. If we sign young up and coming players that aren't household names we get "what we need is a bit of experience" if we sign experienced players we get "he's passed it, we need some hungry young players with a point to proove" I think DJ is getting a good blend of youth and experience. Experienced players haven't always worked our for us. Clinton, Teale, Purse and Miller to name a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curren Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Not really an either or situation is it. Norris was one of the highest scoring midfielders in the division last season, and for a team that was struggling. But, yes, it's right to assume anyone over 30 is past the best. The Premiership has no examples of midfielders going into their thirties and actually doing better than their early twenties. Ive just looked at our recent history and after suffering the likes of Purse and Miller iam more than happy not to be pinning our hopes on a David Norris thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I have only played at North East counties level but i would of buried at least one of the chances the expereinced(well past his best)Harewood missed against Donny You do not know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juror8 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) i would argue that Scott Parker is a better player now than he was; he is peaking quite late. Sarcasm-laden comment. I'm arguing for Norris. I was actually thinking of Parker when made the comment. But Scholes and Lampard also had great years post-30. Edited July 31, 2012 by Juror8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lythamowl Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Separated at birth. Yikes !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 What we are lacking now are players who know this division inside-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 But we have got a manager who knows this division inside out and knows what kind of players we need to compete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I don't think that he can bank his house that Pecnik, Amado, Larrea and McCabe will fit in right away. We need someone who we know can help right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 What we are lacking now are players who know this division inside-out. Gardner knows it, Mattock knows it, Harewood knows it (if he joins), Bywater knows it, Prutton knows it, as do JJ and Buxton. how many do we need...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyhowsonswfc Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It seems ppl are never happy. If we sign young up and coming players that aren't household names we get "what we need is a bit of experience" if we sign experienced players we get "he's passed it, we need some hungry young players with a point to proove" I think DJ is getting a good blend of youth and experience. Experienced players haven't always worked our for us. Clinton, Teale, Purse and Miller to name a few Totally agree, need the right balance. However, i think all this 'unproven at this level' business ahs gone way too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 As was shown when Treacy came in last year the squad was short of technical ability on the ball. We were winning games by sheer effort and will to win. Dave Jones knows this and is trying to improve this aspect significantly without spending too much money. McGuire is also supposedly a very skilful player as well as the overseas players we bring in. One worry for me is whether we are flexible enough in the system we play to accommodate these players. As we have seen with Pecnik , playing him as a winger in a 442 will not get the best from him and it might be the same with the others. Also I thought we had signed Lee and Mattock to give us more footballing ability at full back so we can play more from the back. Don't think they have started as a pair yet but hopefully that will be rectifed soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adebisi Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 maybe he could be our very own Idiakez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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